Our Patriot Ancestors
Our chapter members' ancestors include many distinguished patriots, such as:
- Thomas Jefferson
- Major John Buttrick
- Reverend Daniel Grosvenor
- Elisha Clark
- Colonel Joseph Hardin
- Elizabeth Elliott Tabb
Below, you'll find a list of the Patriots associated with the current members of the Hollywood Chapter, NSDAR.
Whether you are just starting on your journey to discover your family roots or if you are only one document away from solving a mystery of one of your ancestors, the DAR is here to help. The DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) includes free online databases containing information on American Revolutionary War Patriot ancestors and descendants of those Patriots and a vast array of genealogical resources from the DAR Library!
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Our Patriot Ancestors
| Adams, Sr., Levi, CT, CPL | Goe, William, PA, PS | Robertson, Charles, NC, MAJ |
| Admire, George, NC, CS PS | Goodridge, George, VA, CS | Rogers, Joshua, CT, PVT |
| Ayer, Asa, MA, PVT | Gregory, Thomas, VA, PVT | Rounds, John, MD, PVT |
| Barker, Isaac, RI, PS | Grosvenor, Daniel, MA, MM PS | Rounds, Samuel Hopkins, MD, CAPT |
| Barksdale, Henry Hickerson, VA, SOL | Harrell, Levi, SC, SOL | Rush, Daniel, PA, PVT |
| Bartlett, Samuel, MA, PS | Hathaway, Arthur, MA, CPL | Sanford, William, RI, SGT |
| Bazemore, James, NC, PS | Haught, Jr., Peter, VA, PVT PS | Shambach, George, PA, PVT |
| Bazemore, John, NC, PS | Hayden, John, NJ, PVT | Shepard, Robert, NC, PS |
| Bigelow, Anna Fiske, MA, PS | Holland, John, SC, NONCOM | Shepard, William, VA, PVT |
| Bishop, John, NJ, LT | Hood, George, PA, PVT | Smith, Anthony, VA, SOL PS |
| Boston, Levin, MD, PVT | Hornor, George, NJ, PS | Smith, Jonas, PA, SOL |
| Bray, Asa, CT, CAPT | House, Matthias, VA, PS | Smith, Stephen, SC, SOL |
| Brown, John, NC, CAPT | Huntley, Joel, VA, SOL PS | Snyder, Ludwig, NY, PVT |
| Browning, Edward, MD, PS | Hutton, Moses, VA, COL | Squire, Uriah, VA, PVT |
| Browning, Nathan, MD, PVT | James, Elisha, MA, PVT | Stambach, Anna Christina Kuntz, PA, PS |
| Burns, James, MD, SGT PS | Jefferson, Thomas, VA, PS SDI | Starr, Johnathan, CT, PVT |
| Buttrick, John, MA, COL | Johnston, Martin, VA, PVT | Stonebraker Sr, John Dietrich, PA, PS |
| Camp, Israel, CT, PS | Kidney, John, NJ, CAPT PS | Stucky, Jr., John, PA, PVT PS |
| Carothers, Robert, NC, SOL | Lambeth, Moses, NC, PVT | Sweet, Sylvester, RI, ENS |
| Chubbuck, Sr., Ensign, NH, PS | Lanier, Lewis, VA, SOL | Tabb, Elizabeth Elliot, VA, PS |
| Crampton, Neri, VT, PVT | Larrison, John, PA, PS | Talbot, Jr., Peter, MA, CAPT |
| Cullum, Francis, MD, PVT PS | Lawrence, Henry, VA, PVT | Talbot, Sr., Peter, MA, CAPT |
| Cushing, Sr., Caleb, MA, 1LT QM | Lyman, Timothy, MA, LT | Teagarden, Aaron, PA, PVT |
| Doane, John, NC, PS | Miller, James, VA, ENS CS PS | Timmerman, Christopher, VA, PVT |
| Douglas, Daniel, CT, CPL | Mills, Nathaniel, VA, CAPT | Tower, Jr., Malachi, MA, PVT |
| Dugan, Lovell H, VA, PVT | Moore, John, NC, PVT | Van Fleet, Joshua/Joshaway, NY, PVT |
| Elder, Samuel, SC, PVT | Murray, Benjamin, CT, PVT | Venable, Nathaniel, VA, PS |
| Esselstyne, Coenradt, NY, PVT | Nason, Edward, MA, PVT | Wakefield, Samuel, MA, SGT |
| Evans, William, NC, GA, PVT | Nichols, Jonathan, NJ, SGT | Walker, Gordon, MA, PVT |
| Fedder, Conrad, PA, PVT | Noecker, Christian, PA, PVT | Warner, Asa, CT, PS |
| Foote, George, NC, CS PS | Paisley, John, NC, COL | Wellington, Benjamin, MA, PVT CS PS |
| Foster, Jedediah, MA, CS PS | Parish, Jolley, VA, COL PS | Wetzel, John, PA, VA, CAPT |
| Foster, Theophilus, MA, PVT | Passmore, Thomas, PA, PVT | Wilder, Thomas, CT, SGT |
| Fullen, James, VA, CS | Pease, Cummings, CT, PVT | Wilkins, Sr., Archibald, PA, PVT PS |
| Gann, Nathan Ignatious, NC, LT | Perkins, Simon, CT, LT | Woodman, Sylvester, RI, PVT |
| Gibbons, Thomas, NC, PS | Peyton, James, VA, PVT | Wright, Joseph, VA, PS |
| Gibson, Nelson, NC, PS | Pierce, Elisha, MA, PVT | Yates, William, NJ, PS |
| Gilliland, John, NJ, LT | Roberts, Cornelius, VA, SOL |
Glossary of United States, Country, and Patriot Service Abbreviations
UNITED STATES
| CT — Connecticut | NY — New York |
| DE — Delaware | NC — North Carolina |
| GA — Georgia | PA — Pennsylvania |
| MD — Maryland | RI — Rhode Island |
| MA — Massachusetts | SC — South Carolina |
| NH — New Hampshire | VA — Virginia |
| NJ — New Jersey | VT — Vermont |
PATRIOT SERVICE
| BGEN — Brigadier General | NONCOM — Non-commissioned Officer |
| CAPT — Captain | OF — Officer (rank unknown) |
| CS — Civil Service | ORDLSGT — Orderly Sergeant |
| COL — Colonel | POW — Prisoner of War |
| CPL — Corporal | PS — Patriotic Service |
| ENS — Ensign | PVT — Private |
| FIF — Fifer | SEAMAN — Seaman |
| LT — Lieutenant | SGT — Sergeant |
| LTCOL — Lieutenant Colonel | SGT MAJ — Sergeant Major |
| 1LT — First Lieutenant | SOL — Soldier |
| 2LT — Second Lieutenant | STAFFOF — Staff Officer |
| MAJ — Major |
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